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Friday, 27 January 2017

The Shaded Pathway- A Soft pastel painting of a landscape from Coorg

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David ThoreauI finally completed the soft pastel painting of a scene from Coorg, ( Madikeri ) which I started in November 2016. After doing the initial layer of blocking in the colours, I had taken a break. I normally intend doing a painting at one go as it is so much more convenient. After an interval when I get back to an older work, it is a lot more struggle to restart it all over again. It is like the momentum is gone and I have to recollect everything about the scene and visualize the steps all over again.

However this is one of my favorite scenes that I came across during one of my morning walks in Madikeri and I did not want to give up on this one. It took me longer than expected to complete, but I was happy that I finally completed it.

The shaded pathway

Soft pastel painting on Fabriano Tiziano paper

Size 7.5" X 10"

For my soft pastels I am mainly working with Canson Mi Teintes and Fabriano Tiziano paper. To read more about the papers that I use CLICK HERE.

Of late I have been spending a lot of my time with my small sketch book. I just created a new one exclusively for my AQUARELLE GRAPHITE works. To create a small work sized 4" X 5.5" all I need is a sketch book, a Cretacolour 8B aquarelle graphite pencil, a brush and water. I am enjoying this new found activity because many a times I just have about an hour to myself which is not sufficient to start with some serious work. At such times I get down to doing my study works of different subjects. It is more of experimenting and exploring and is lot of fun.

If you are passionate about art and want to get started with a particular medium then you can attend one of my TWO DAYS ART WORKSHOP which I conduct on a regular basis. My upcoming workshops are listed in advance, so you can register for the same.

MY PAINTINGS CAN BE VIEWED ON FOLLOWING SITES

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ABOUT ME

Passionate about ART since childhood. Graduated in science and later in life took to brushes and pencils, drawing and painting different subjects in a realistic way. My love for travelling and being in different beautiful places inspired me further to capture the beauty of nature on paper and canvas. Created this blog to share my love of art, my experiments with different mediums and to get in touch with people who think, breathe and live art just the way I do.

It was my DREAM to draw, sketch and paint and I AM LIVING MY DREAM by painting almost every day of my life.

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Thumbnail sketches

Thumbnail or study sketches which are small art works created in different mediums. These works get completed fast and help in better understanding of the subject, medium and the techniques involved. It can be later used as a reference to create a bigger art work.